Anger at Kinmen Airport as Typhoon Cancels Flights
Taiwan's military has been called in to help get tourists stranded on the country's outlying Kinmen island back home, as frustration over canceled and delayed flights boiled over into scuffles at the airport.
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00:00Taiwan continues to feel the after-effects from the largest typhoon to hit the country
00:04in nearly a decade. The Coast Guard is still searching for four sailors off the storm-sank
00:09a freighter and grounded eight other ships. Meanwhile, strong winds left thousands of
00:13tourists stranded on the outlying island of Jingmen. Anger mounted at the island's airport,
00:19with one passenger throwing a chair at a check-in staff. One staff member was injured. The military
00:25is now helping rescue stranded people.